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List of counties in Maryland, the Glossary

There are 23 counties and one independent city in the U.S. state of Maryland.^[1]

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Algonquian peoples

The Algonquians are one of the most populous and widespread North American native language groups.

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Allegany County, Maryland

Allegany County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Maryland. List of counties in Maryland and Allegany County, Maryland are Maryland counties.

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The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

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Anne Arundell

Anne Calvert, Baroness Baltimore (née Hon. Anne Arundell; /1616G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 394.

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Anne, Queen of Great Britain

Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms of Scotland and England, until her death.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. List of counties in Maryland and Baltimore are Maryland counties.

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States.

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Baltimore County, Maryland

Baltimore County (locally: or) is the third-most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland. List of counties in Maryland and Baltimore County, Maryland are Maryland counties.

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Baron Baltimore

Baron Baltimore, of Baltimore, County Longford, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland.

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Bethesda, Maryland

Bethesda is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (8 August 1605 – 30 November 1675) was an English politician, peer and lawyer who was the first proprietor of Maryland.

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Census-designated place

A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.

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Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore

Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore (August 27, 1637 – February 21, 1715) was an English peer and colonial administrator.

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Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore

Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, (29 September 1699 – 24 April 1751) was a British nobleman and Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland.

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Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Charles Carroll (September 19, 1737 – November 14, 1832), known as Charles Carroll of Carrollton or Charles Carroll III, was an American politician, planter, and signatory of the Declaration of Independence.

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Charles I of England

Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.

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Columbia, Maryland

Columbia is a census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland, United States.

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Continental Congress

The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies, with some executive function, for the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain in North America, and the newly declared United States before, during, and after the American Revolutionary War.

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County (United States)

In the United States, a county or county equivalent is an administrative or political subdivision of a U.S. state or other territories of the United States which consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority.

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County Durham

County Durham, officially simply Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/), is a ceremonial county in North East England.

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County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.

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Delaware languages

The Delaware languages, also known as the Lenape languages (Lënapei èlixsuwakàn), are Munsee and Unami, two closely related languages of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family.

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Divine providence

In theology, divine providence, or simply providence, is God's intervention in the Universe.

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Dorchester County, Maryland

Dorchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. List of counties in Maryland and Dorchester County, Maryland are Maryland counties.

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Dorchester, Dorset

Dorchester is the county town of Dorset, England.

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Earl of Dorset

Earl of Dorset is a title that has been created at least four times in the Peerage of England.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors.

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Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore

Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (6 February 1731 – 4 September 1771), styled The Hon.

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Garrett County, Maryland

Garrett County is the westernmost county of the U.S. state of Maryland completely within the Appalachian Mountains. List of counties in Maryland and Garrett County, Maryland are Maryland counties.

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George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore

George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore (1580 – 15 April 1632) was an English peer and politician.

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George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

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Governor of Maryland

The governor of the State of Maryland is the head of government of Maryland, and is the commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard units.

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Henry Harford

Henry Harford (5 April 1758 – 8 December 1834), 5th Proprietor of Maryland, was the last proprietary owner of the British colony of Maryland.

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Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester

Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester (1577 – 18 December 1646) was an English aristocrat, who was a prominent and financially important Royalist during the early years of the English Civil War.

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Howard County, Maryland

Howard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. List of counties in Maryland and Howard County, Maryland are Maryland counties.

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Independent city (United States)

In the United States, an independent city is a city that is not in the territory of any county or counties and is considered a primary administrative division of its state.

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John Eager Howard

John Eager Howard (June 4, 1752October 12, 1827) was an American soldier and politician from Maryland. He was elected as governor of the state in 1788, and served three one-year terms. He also was elected to the Continental Congress, the Congress of the Confederation, the United States Senate, and the Maryland Senate.

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John W. Garrett

John Work Garrett (July 31, 1820 – September 26, 1884) was an American merchant turned banker who became president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) in 1858 and led the railroad for nearly three decades.

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Kent

Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe.

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Kent County, Maryland

Kent County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. List of counties in Maryland and Kent County, Maryland are Maryland counties.

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Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 886, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United Kingdom.

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Lenape

The Lenape (Lenape languages), also called the Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada.

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List of Baltimore neighborhoods

This list of Baltimore neighborhoods includes the neighborhoods of Baltimore, Maryland, divided into nine geographical regions: North, Northeast, East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West, Northwest, and Central, with each district patrolled by a respective precinct of the Baltimore Police Department.

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List of ghost towns in Maryland

The following is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Maryland. List of counties in Maryland and list of ghost towns in Maryland are Maryland geography-related lists.

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Local government

Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state.

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Mary, mother of Jesus

Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

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Maryland statistical areas

The U.S. currently has 13 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). List of counties in Maryland and Maryland statistical areas are Maryland geography-related lists.

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Montgomery County, Maryland

Montgomery County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland. List of counties in Maryland and Montgomery County, Maryland are Maryland counties.

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Prince George of Denmark

Prince George of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Cumberland (Jørgen; 2 April 165328 October 1708), was the husband of Anne, Queen of Great Britain.

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Prince George's County, Maryland

Prince George's County (often shortened to PG County or PG) is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland bordering the eastern portion of Washington, D.C. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 967,201, making it the second-most populous county in Maryland, behind neighboring Montgomery County. List of counties in Maryland and Prince George's County, Maryland are Maryland counties.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.

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Province of Maryland

The Province of Maryland was an English and later British colony in North America from 1634 until 1776, when the province was one of the Thirteen Colonies that joined in supporting the American Revolution against Great Britain.

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Puritans

The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant.

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Richard Montgomery

Richard Montgomery (2 December 1738 – 31 December 1775) was an Irish-born American military officer who first served in the British Army.

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School district

A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary or secondary schools or both in various countries.

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Silver Spring, Maryland

Silver Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, near Washington, D.C. Although officially unincorporated, it is an edge city with a population of 81,015 at the 2020 census, making it the fifth-most populous place in Maryland after Baltimore, Columbia, Germantown, and Waldorf.

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Takoma Park, Maryland

Takoma Park is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

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Towson, Maryland

Towson is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.

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Unincorporated area

An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation.

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United States Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen States of America in both the engrossed version and the original printing, is the founding document of the United States.

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Wicomico River (Maryland eastern shore)

The Wicomico River is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Maryland

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